empress

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
2. The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
3. The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
4. (rare) A female chimpanzee.
5. A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
6. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.

Verb

Rare form of impress.

impress

• Verb
• Noun

Lees meer

Sinonieme

queen

👸

crown

👑

czarina

monarch

noblewoman

prince

🤴

princess

👸

sovereign

tsarina

palace of the empress

empress dowager

Her Majesty

king’s wife

tzarina

aristocrat

chieftainess

countess

lady

mistress

Vertalings

Kaiserin

impératrice

imperatrice

αυτοκράτειρα

emperatriz

keizerin

imperatriz

imparatoriçe

emperadriu

Königin

👸

Fürstin

👸

αυτοκρατόρισσα

Prinzessin

👸

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛmpɹəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: emperice

Verwante met Frans: impératrice

Geërf van Middle English: empresse

In summary

From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.